Movies: Author

Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers and...

A struggling writer looks for inspiration for his next best seller that will kill the competition and impress a big publisher...by literally killing the competition...

Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, writer, publisher and playwright whose work has been associated with the Beat movement. Born and raised in New York City, she associated with poets such as Amiri Baraka, Jack Kerouac and Frank O’Hara, co-editing...

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A touching documentary about a literary star who died at the age of 33, leaving a permanent mark in Finnish literature, and people close to him....

A 2008 documentary about Japanese author Haruki Murakami...

A postpartum writer struggles to make a deadline as she experiences an identity crisis between her various personas....